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Assistant Drainage Engineer

April 17, 2023 | Comments Off on Assistant Drainage Engineer

We're looking for an Assistant Flooding and Drainage Design Engineer to join our Highways Drainage team based in Exeter. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.



Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference. Connecting roads, connecting people.



Location: Exeter, with some site visits required and hybrid working available
Contract: Permanent, Full-time (part-time available if desired, just let us know)
Salary: £27k - £38k + 26 days of annual leave + Benefits

Responsibilities

As an Assistant Drainage Design Engineer, you'll be working within the Highways team, to undertake technical design elements to agreed standards, programme, and budget various projects across the UK, within Kier Highways Design Solutions. Current contracts include Local Authority, National Highways Area & Regional Contracts particularly Major Projects A66 NTP and M6 Emergency Laybys.

Your day to day will include:

  • Undertaking calculations, site visits and technical AutoCAD drawings and Civils 3D models to support the development of projects
  • Production of project deliverable including reports, survey packs, technical notes and process related documentation such as risk assessments and method statements
  • Developing personal ability to understand a project and deliver a high-quality proposal pack

Who are we looking for?

This role of Assistant Drainage Design Engineer is great for you if you have:

  • Proven experience of successfully completing tasks to agreed deadlines whilst following appropriate standards and processes
  • A strong desire and proven record of building skills/capability to support successful project delivery and individual development
  • A proactive team member who takes pride in the quality of their work, makes strong contributions to project delivery and clearly communicates risks and decisions
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Green Car Scheme
And so much more! You can read the full details of all our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focused in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 12 May 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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